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Understanding Overpopulation and Global Health Challenges

Explore definitions of overpopulation, world population clusters, demographic transition stages, and public health challenges globally. Discover implications of population density, growth rates, and epidemiologic transitions for health policies. Analyze factors affecting birth rates, mortality rates, and population control strategies. Delve into the impacts of varying development levels on population dynamics.

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Understanding Overpopulation and Global Health Challenges

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  1. Clicker Questions Chapter 2 Population and Health Tim ScharksGreen River College

  2. Overpopulation is best defined as • a higher number of people in one place than anywhere else. • more people crowded together in one place than in other places. • the same concept as population density. • too many people for the environment’s carrying capacity. • faster growth rates than those seen in the 1990s.

  3. Which of the following is not the location of one of the four largest clusters of world population? • Southeast Asia • Africa • East Asia • Europe • South Asia

  4. Which type of land in the list below is the most intensively settled part of the ecumene? • dry lands • cold lands • hot lands • high lands • wet lands

  5. Which letter on this map of agricultural density indicates a place where farm machinery is commonly used?

  6. The most rapid rate of world population growth in history was seen • before1800. • between 1800 and 1900. • between 1900 and 1950. • between 1950 and 2000. • from 2000 on.

  7. The crude death rate may be higher in some wealthy countries than in poorer ones because • it does not consider the age structure of the population. • there may be outbreaks of deadly diseases nearly anywhere. • it does not include deaths that are part of the infant mortality rate. • poorer countries actually have healthier populations. • wealthier countries have higher rates of accidental death.

  8. This is a map of • AFD. • CDR. • TFR. • CBR. • NIR.

  9. Which stage of the demographic transition is considered “high growth”? • stage 1 • stage 2 • stage 3 • stage 4 • stage 5

  10. Which stage of the demographic transition is considered “moderate growth”? • stage 1 • stage 2 • stage 3 • stage 4 • stage 5

  11. The sex ratio is defined as the • number of pregnancy-related deaths per 100,000 live births. • statistical average number of children a woman has in her lifetime. • number of female children per 1,000 live births. • number of females in a population per 100 males. • number of males in a population per 100 females.

  12. A population pyramid is best used to • understand the age structure of a population. • estimate the life expectancy of a population. • explain the cause of any observed gender imbalance. • predict when fertility declines will occur. • consider the effect of infant mortality on population growth.

  13. The epidemiologic transition is a model that • explains population change better than the demographic transition model. • matches leading causes of death to each stage of the demographic transition. • explains how infectious diseases mutate to become more deadly. • doctors use to move patients from hospital care to home care to save on health-care expenditures. • is focused on total fertility rates and the crude death rate.

  14. A neo-Malthusian would most likely support which of the following statements? • Humans are innovative and can adapt to new limits through technology. • A new disease will evolve and decrease growth rapidly through high death rates. • Population growth combined with the lack of some resource will create crisis. • Birth rates are decreasing around the world, and there is little to worry about. • Contraception is insufficient to lower fertility rates.

  15. Contrasting the population policy experiences of China and India reveals that • India has been more successful than China. • Both countries have entered Stage 5 of th. • Neither country has attempted to control their populations, as they are the world’s most populous. • China has been more successful than India, but at a cost to human rights. • Sterilization is the best method of birth control.

  16. Which combination of factors may generate a fifth stage of the epidemiologic transition? • poverty, connections, evolution • diffusion, distribution, connections • cholera, AIDS, Ebola • migration, diffusion, spatial association • globalization, culture, research

  17. The example of Bangladesh illustrates that • people in wealthier countries have larger families because they can afford to. • the use of contraceptives has no relationship to birth rates. • women moving to cities is the major cause of decreasing birth rates. • contraception is less effective than education at lowering birth rates. • making contraception more readily available may decrease birth rates without any other changes.

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